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#5347191 - 01/03/12 09:59 AM My little challenge to me
Miraclemet Miraclemet FACT if I stop posting, trillions and trillions of transistors would be out of work. Registered: 09/08/11 Posts: 4908 Loc: The ATL	100 bucks... 1000 points... go! Can I get a thousand registry points with a hundred dollar budget? Lets see! It will require patience and lots of eBay scouring for CGC deals, but for fun this will be my academic exercise of 2012. I will update as I go. No hurries from me since it will require luck and patience to try and pull of a 10x points vs dollars evaluation. Now to see if this posts to the Message Board. See more journals by miraclemet
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#5348373 - 01/03/12 05:27 PM Re: My little challenge to me [Re: Miraclemet]
Tnerb Tnerb Collectosaurus Rex Registered: 09/03/10 Posts: 457 Loc: Philadelphia	Good Luck. I am very curious how this will turn out for you because it is indeed a challenge. _________________________
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#5348632 - 01/03/12 07:15 PM Re: My little challenge to me [Re: Tnerb]
Clouded9 Clouded9 The Collectinator Registered: 12/29/10 Posts: 371 Loc: Robonia, Tejas	I know of several books that you could probably accomplish this goal with... but i won't ruin the hunt for you. I picked up a book last year for around $250 and it was worth over 2600 registry points, but I have also spent $250 on a book worth only 300 points. Just make sure you love the books you buy. Good Luck! Prepare for my opinion below... you have been warned! Just focus on collecting what you like as the registry points/rankings don't really mean much anyway. There are tons of graded books and collections out there that will never be added to the registry by choice of their owner/s and that makes the ranking system completely inaccurate as you will never know if your set is truly the best or not, but I will say the registry is a great tool for staying organized, sharing with people, and keeping tabs on your collection. Organization, sharing, and learning are the top reasons I use the registry. You can't pay a mortgage, buy food, or buy comics with registry points so you might as well ignore them and make sure you spend your hard earned cash on the books you'll love.
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#5348646 - 01/03/12 07:23 PM Re: My little challenge to me [Re: Clouded9]
comicdonna comicdonna This is what my dog thinks of your post. TOTAL NEWBIE Registered: 01/07/05 Posts: 23074 Loc: Near Albany NY	I have paid $4600 for 281 points.
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#5348663 - 01/03/12 07:29 PM Re: My little challenge to me [Re: comicdonna]
cheetah cheetah TOTAL NEWBIE Registered: 10/31/07 Posts: 10812 Loc: Kentucky	Originally Posted By: comicdonna I have paid $4600 for 281 points. Hot SA and BA non-keys are the worst for return on points. Conversely, there are some great GA books that come cheaply but need to be high grade. I don't think I've ever made a 10:1 ratio before.
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#5348734 - 01/03/12 08:07 PM Re: My little challenge to me [Re: cheetah]
comicdonna comicdonna This is what my dog thinks of your post. TOTAL NEWBIE Registered: 01/07/05 Posts: 23074 Loc: Near Albany NY	Originally Posted By: cheetah Originally Posted By: comicdonna I have paid $4600 for 281 points. Hot SA and BA non-keys are the worst for return on points. Conversely, there are some great GA books that come cheaply but need to be high grade. I don't think I've ever made a 10:1 ratio before. My collection averages $2 per point.
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#5349044 - 01/03/12 10:14 PM Re: My little challenge to me [Re: comicdonna]
Miraclemet Miraclemet FACT if I stop posting, trillions and trillions of transistors would be out of work. Registered: 09/08/11 Posts: 4908 Loc: The ATL	Glad to see some interest in my little challenge... part of it is to get me better acquainted with some of the titles and collections that I don't currently have on my registry, part of it is just the academic exercise of it and to see if I have to willpower to walk away from good but not great deal... And lord knows I'm not saying to buy for the sake of points, many of my purchases are out of love of a book regardless of what sort of points it adds to my collection. My mid-grade Planets are my favorite books, and are far from big point getters, though they consume most of my overall budget! So I hope you all poke back in from time to time to see how I've fared... and I'll second comicdonna and clouded9... Collect what you love, and you'll never regret a purchase (well until the monthly bills come around and the Water company wont let you pay your bill with that X-men #97 CGC 9.4) _________________________ These are my slabs! Looking for Green Lantern SS books. ...Im new, its my first! See my feedback! MY CAF GALLERY! Wanted: Pages from Green Lantern #159 & any Tales of the Green Lantern Corps
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#5349848 - 01/04/12 11:25 AM Re: My little challenge to me [Re: Miraclemet]
Miraclemet Miraclemet FACT if I stop posting, trillions and trillions of transistors would be out of work. Registered: 09/08/11 Posts: 4908 Loc: The ATL	And the game is underway First purchase has been completed. Uncanny X-men CGC 9.6 Bought for: $31 Registry points: 400 % towards Goal: 40% % budget spent: 31% On Target: 9% ahead of target Already realized one possible problem will be if I find myself with less than $20 in my budget, which will limit my buying options greatly. I may amend my challenge to the 10:1 ratio, with a target as close to $100 as possible, so if I spend $120, I'll need to amass 1200 points. I have my eye on 5-6 other auctions that are still in ratio for my target... I'll let you know as they close how they turn out. Most of my targets are in the 9.4/9.6 range as I have found the top grade premium for 9.8s hurts my budget too much, and sub 9.4s start to see the steep point drop-off without the same cost drop-off. The sheer sport of this is already immeasurably entertaining... _________________________ These are my slabs! Looking for Green Lantern SS books. ...Im new, its my first! See my feedback! MY CAF GALLERY! Wanted: Pages from Green Lantern #159 & any Tales of the Green Lantern Corps
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#5349850 - 01/04/12 11:27 AM Re: My little challenge to me [Re: Miraclemet]
Miraclemet Miraclemet FACT if I stop posting, trillions and trillions of transistors would be out of work. Registered: 09/08/11 Posts: 4908 Loc: The ATL	on a side note $.50 X-men issues make me hearken back to my old $3 allowance as a kid when I used to buy 6 comics/week at the local 7-11... this one was among them for sure. Edited by Miraclemet (01/04/12 11:27 AM) _________________________ These are my slabs! Looking for Green Lantern SS books. ...Im new, its my first! See my feedback! MY CAF GALLERY! Wanted: Pages from Green Lantern #159 & any Tales of the Green Lantern Corps
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#5349959 - 01/04/12 12:40 PM Re: My little challenge to me [Re: cheetah]
Clouded9 Clouded9 The Collectinator Registered: 12/29/10 Posts: 371 Loc: Robonia, Tejas	Originally Posted By: cheetah I don't think I've ever made a 10:1 ratio before. Would you believe that it was a SA Marvel one-shot that did it for me and that it's not even a major key issue? It's a minor key at best as it features the first appearance in comics of a popular '60s TV cartoon character along with some Marvel superhero stories. I had no idea of the points it carried until I added it to my set, but I won't post the title here as I don't want to compromise the OPs challenge to himself $;\)$ . Although, for anyone who is curious (not you miraclemet $tsk$ ), I don't have a very large slabbed collection so it wouldn't be hard to figure out which book I'm referring to if you were to thumb through my sets in the registry. A 9.6 universal sells for about $240-$285 and is worth 2625 points. A 9.8 universal sells for about $400-$475 and is worth 4200 points.
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